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Interpret and apply the Health and
Safety in Employment Act to rigging
industry activities
level:
3
credit:
3
planned review date:
December 2010
sub-field:
Lifting Equipment
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe
the legislative requirements for rigging in the Health and
Safety in Employment (HSE) Act; complete and process
required health and safety rigging industry forms; describe
personal protective equipment (PPE); interpret legislative
requirements that relate to public protection; and interpret
health and safety legislative requirements that relate to
inspection of rigging equipment in the rigging industry.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.
moderation option:
A centrally established and directed national moderation
system has been set up by The Skills Organisation
special notes:
1
Definitions
Rigging is defined in the Approved Code of Practice for
Load-Lifting Rigging, available online under
‘publications’ at http://www.osh.govt.nz and issued
pursuant to the Health and Safety in Employment Act
1992.
Industry procedures refers to manufacturers’
instructions and/or documented workplace procedures.
2
Legislation
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is
not limited to the Health and Safety in Employment Act
1992, associated regulations, and subsequent
amendments.
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Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Describe the legislative requirements for rigging in the HSE Act.
performance criteria
1.1
Description identifies responsibilities of employers and employees in the rigging
industry under the Act.
1.2
Description identifies and explains hazard management procedures for rigging
in terms of hazard identification sheets and proximity to power lines.
1.3
Description identifies and explains training and competency requirements for
rigging.
element 2
Complete and process required health and safety rigging industry forms.
Range:
notifications, inspections, registers.
performance criteria
2.1
Rigging industry health and safety notification forms are completed and
processed as required in accordance with industry procedures.
2.2
Rigging industry health and safety inspection documentation is completed and
processed as required in accordance with industry procedures.
2.3
Rigging industry health and safety registers are completed and processed as
required in accordance with industry procedures.
element 3
Describe personal protective equipment (PPE) in the rigging industry.
Range:
PPE includes but is not limited to – hard-hats, footwear, clothing, eye
protection, safety (static) lines, belts, harnesses.
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performance criteria
3.1
Description identifies PPE to be carried by riggers in industry.
3.2
Description explains use of PPE in the rigging industry.
3.3
Description explains maintenance and inspection of PPE in the rigging industry.
element 4
Interpret legislative requirements that relate to public protection in the rigging industry.
performance criteria
4.1
The legislative requirements for lifting equipment are interpreted in terms of
their relevance to health and safety in the rigging industry.
4.2
The legislative requirements for load lifting are interpreted in terms of their
relevance to health and safety in the rigging industry.
4.3
The legislative requirements for safety nets are interpreted in terms of their
relevance to health and safety in the rigging industry.
element 5
Interpret health and safety legislative requirements that relate to inspection of rigging
equipment.
performance criteria
5.1
Equipment inspection requirements are interpreted in terms of their relevance to
health and safety in the rigging industry.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact The Skills Organisation at reviewcomments@skills.org.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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Please Note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority or a delegated interinstitutional body before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards
or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority before
they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for providers wishing to
develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and
assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is covered by AMAP 0183
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/site/framework/search.html.
which can
be
accessed at
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